Scrappy Kea

Queenstown Scrap Retreat - Spring Workshop.

just posted some variations of the card organiser on my handmade blog as well as some cute list pads I have finally got around to re-making after selling all the other ones earlier this year.

the group photo. lovely creative ladies :-) Thanks Sharon for the photos!

Yesterday I went to a Stampin Up charity event where we created 3 cards/projects. It raised $900 for the Southland Hospital Intensive Care Baby unit! Some of the ladies had been working on some card organisers in their monthly classes so I wandered around the internet and found instructions which I used to make the above using some of the older October Afternoon Paper collections (too busy just looking at the new ones I got this week from Scrapbook Outlet )...did a couple of things my way (of course) and would do some things differently next time but can see many ways to use the ideas in this project for other things! I have been keen to do something with paint so last night got out my paints, glitter and buttons and created a wall canvas...at the moment it's up in the lounge while we decide where it should reside. Fun. smiles, Lara.

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Week 7 at Aussie Scrap Source :-) Above is my take....check out all the entries at the Aussie Scrap Source site! Smiles.

I would love to see this happen in Dunedin....or Christchurh as a second option.... Go vote on the SENZ site!

Saw a link on Penny's blog and thought it looked interesting...perfect interiors, yeah right! I have 3 children and am not the tidiest most organised of people! But I do like what I see in the magazine cover :-) Check out your style here.

vote for your fave this week at Aussie Scrap Source . I found this weeks colour palette really hard to work with...but think I got there with a lot of help from 3 Bugs & the slice with a little cosmo cricket. Earthquake last night shook us all up a bit...was busy playing Settlers of Catan (board game) with my Parents in-law and I felt like I was rocking....it just kept going so we all got under door frames in the hallway (including the kids who had been sleeping soundly till we woke them). Eventually it stopped, then started, then stopped, then started...then stopped. It was 7.8 on the Richter scale. The kids took a while to get back to sleep. Was a rolling quake rather than a short sharp shift. Term Break almost over. Smiles.

Check out the Hero Arts blog for a big week of giveaways, competitions and inspiration :-)

Here's my layout for the colours & words comp at Aussie Scrap Source :-) The blue paint looks a little different IRL. There are only 3 entries this week! The next couple of weeks colour challenges are on the blog too, check them out, give it a go & vote for your faves :-)

Check out Clare's blog for info! Love the frog & I've been eyeing up the homesewn mag for a while...

I came up with this pattern by following a pattern but doing my own thing LOL...how very typical, sometimes it works. I used a possum merino wool from the Milton Woolen Mill so it's really soft! Thanks for the papers Kim, will get this in the post to you. Smiles.

for early bird registrations...not one, not two but three of the handmade bags that were part of the giveaways at the Winter Fest Retreat....get your reg form and deposit paid by July 31st for a chance to win all three of the different colour ways. See the Queenstown Spring Scrap Retreat Blog for further info. I'm currently working on workshops for the retreat...any suggestions are welcome! I'm thinking that lots of gift ideas would go down a treat in November. I wonder what the chef will come up with to delight us for the A La Carte dinner on the Saturday night this time??? Smiles

These ones wouldn't fit on the previous post unfortunately! the Storybook Cricut fave cut, pearls, SU stamp, Prima Flower and more SLICE acetate - this time in silver. Love these Prima Flowers!

Created a few layouts...and some cards that I am uploading here. Enjoyed playing with a 'big kids' design card for the SLICE - cut the dinosaur above using this card and some of the SLICE acetate, lots of people loved the acetate. I used the acetate in one of the circles on the 'be happy' card just below too and couldn't resist some of the Sassafrass Brads ( the red one in the centre of the circle below is one of them). the scalloped square is also a 'SLICE' cut - from Basics 1 Card that comes with the Slice (the circles are from this card too). collected these prima flowers from the table where I sat (thanks Andrea ). More delicious flowers but this time mixed with some bling brads and my favourite cut from the Storybook Cricut Cartridge. Had a nice weekend away - refreshing to sit back, away from my family and reflect on what I love about them all! Nice to be home again too. My favourite part of the weekend (other than watching everyone's reactions...

I was about to organise some photos to take to Smiths City to get printed for creating with at the Scrap Retreat (using vouchers I got at the Dunedin Scrap Camp earlier this year - thanks Carol & Naomi)...and found the album pages and remembered I hadn't shared them yet. Basically I used a 3 Ring Making Memories pink courderoy album from Scrapbook Outlet. It had pre-made pages in it, I used a few of these but mostly created my own 8 x 8 inch pages and added some more page protectors too. With the gift I am including some photo splits so the recipients can stick their photos in and add in their thoughts & memories too. I haven't given it to them yet, it's wrapped by the door to take with us next time we are likely to see them! OK, now better go and pick some photos to scrap in the weekend! smiles.

at Aussie Scrap Source my week two layout is on the site ...and you can vote for your fave. Nice to see Julie B's layout there too :-) above is the layout I did for the Week one challenge.

Spring Creative Retreat in Queenstown will begin on Thursday 19th of November at 7pm and conclude on Sunday 22nd November 3pm (you will be able to select a Thurs or Friday arrival). Will post more when registrations are open. Smiles, Lara

game today. three members of the team away. two girls from the other Arrowtown team. Won 2-1. Yay! We went out for breakfast to celebrate (game was at 8:30am). Phonecall. Miss K had a rash. no breakfast. to doctors. $47 with penicilin & loritadine for strep throat. home.